وثيقة شرعيّة: T-S NS 38.45

الوصف

Possibly a legal document. In Arabic script. Opens with a basmala and "Hādhā...", and then maybe iqrār, followed by استاجر, meaning lease, but the beginning lines are damaged and the text is difficult to follow. Mentions copper and lead (or a coppersmith and a leadsmith). It seems that the following lines lead to a donation, probably a hiba, "as acts of charity and means to seek proximity to God". A neighborhood, probably what reads as "Ḥārat Baqāshī(n) l-Bilā[d]", which matches to al-Baqqāshīn, a human settlement north of Cairo. A few names also appear. Around it, in the upper margin, there are accounts in Arabic script in at least two hands. On verso, there is a Hebrew seliḥa. Needs examination.